There’s an awful lot of letters that drop onto my door mat which aren’t posted with the Royal Mail. Credit card bills, bank statements and utility bills all seem to be posted by one of Royal Mail’s competitors and overall almost half the letters delivered by Royal Mail last year were posted with one of their competitors. Royal Mail still do most of the work walking the mail to every door in the country, but they’re not getting the credit for their part in the delivery process.
It appears that Royal Mail are about to stand high and be proud of the universal delivery service that they provide and stamp their mark on our post. Their delivery employees have said they’re proud to deliver our post with comments such as “It would give us the credit we deserve. Without Royal Mail, there would be no postal service” and “A Royal Mail mark on each letter would make me feel proud.”
Each letter which goes through Royal Mail’s automated sorting equipment and delivered by postmen and women will start to carry the “Delivered by Royal Mail” mark from mid September this year.
This is something the CWU are in favour of, Dave Ward, CWU deputy general secretary, said: “As competition increases, stamping the post delivered by Royal Mail will help the public understand they still deliver the final mile. Postal workers deserve recognition for the job they do and this exercise will help.”
Moya Greene, Chief Executive of Royal Mail added: “Our people have often asked why we don’t put our mark on the post. It is rightly important to them that their role in delivering the mail to communities throughout the UK is fully recognised. We have listened to our people and responded.”
Write 'Delivered by DGP1' on all the envelopes you take. 
